diff --git a/test/endtoend/operator/101_initial_cluster_autoscale.yaml b/test/endtoend/operator/101_initial_cluster_autoscale.yaml
index 9c6f820f..1cff8c25 100644
--- a/test/endtoend/operator/101_initial_cluster_autoscale.yaml
+++ b/test/endtoend/operator/101_initial_cluster_autoscale.yaml
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ stringData:
     CREATE USER 'vt_dba'@'localhost';
     GRANT ALL ON *.* TO 'vt_dba'@'localhost';
     GRANT GRANT OPTION ON *.* TO 'vt_dba'@'localhost';
+    GRANT PROXY ON ''@'' TO 'vt_dba'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
 
     # User for app traffic, with global read-write access.
     CREATE USER 'vt_app'@'localhost';